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Hello and welcome to Book Wine Club Season 2, a podcast where I, Lauren Popish, pair my latest read with a new wine, and then talk it out with my opinionated and inebriated co hosts, Ryan Consbruck and Julia Popish. On today’s episode Ryan, Julia, and I will be discussing the second half of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. If you haven’t listened to the previous episode where we discussed the first half of the book, you’re going to want to stop, go back, and listen to that episode first. Today we’ll be pairing our read with a glass or three of Amour Geneve blue wine. Pour yourself a glass and stay tuned.Link to book: https://amzn.to/2PhScK3Link to wine: https://www.amourbluforever.com/product-page/12x-amour-gen%C3%A8veWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloIn this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.About the author:“I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In my efforts to uncover how race has shaped my life, I have gained deeper insight by placing race in the center of my analysis and asking how each of my other group locations have socialized me to collude with racism. In so doing, I have been able to address in greater depth my multiple locations and how they function together to hold racism in place. I now make the distinction that I grew up poor and white, for my experience of poverty would have been different had I not been white” (DiAngelo, 2006).About the wine:Throughout my childhood, my father had a special connection with all shades of blue: from the tint of navy blue in the lenses of his eyeglasses, to his sky-blue driving gloves. He was also an avid collector of many precious blue pieces of jewelry. They ranged from turquoise and topaz bracelets all the way down to the blue historical artifacts he would collect abroad while on military deployment. All of these items complemented his rich and colorful personality. Upon his tragic departure, many of these precious heirlooms were lost and never found. Finding a way to express my father's unique sense and expression of blue to the world became my dream and then our mission.It's been quite an adventure. We've become very cognizant of how others have failed in many ways. Nonetheless, we persisted in finding a way to produce a truly natural, organic, and delightful blend of nature, science, and taste. A wine which matures throughout a natural fermentation and aging cycle, while retaining its transfixing color and also fully satisfying all the requirements of the FDA, TTB, and European Union. With these institutional approvals, patents on our process and formula, and now growing acclaim, the dream has become reality.Get in touchOur sommelier, Emily Rutan: @emilythesommLauren Popish: @laurenpopishJulia Popish: @juliapopishRyan Consbruck @specialrobotdog